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"kevin" <hideaway53@opendoor.com> put forth: > I think it's safe to assume that for many here Hendrix was a great > musician, and a seminal influence, and for many here he was not. For the > record, he and Eddie Kramer did use tape looping on Axis Bold as Love, >and > quite effectively in my opinion. I can't remember how much the technique was > used on Are you Experienced and Electric Ladyland. I'm not going to argue on this thread, promise! (Holding hand up Shatner-style) On Electric Ladyland you can hear a good deal of looping on the tracks "...And the Gods Made Love", "1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)" and the next cut, "Moon, Turn The Tides...Gently Gently Away ". Hell, you can hear the tape hiss sometimes. And as far as influence goes, those of us who are guitarists can't deny it being there, no matter how small one might think it is. And anyone who's ever used distortion who claims there's no Hendrix influence perhaps never knew the state of guitar playing before he cut loose, as opposed to after. Even Les Paul, the Old Great One, was impressed when he and his son encountered his soon-to-be-discovered act at a roadhouse; according to Les, they'd stopped off so his son could run in and either get a few burgers or use the mens' room, and he came out saying, "Dad! You've gotta see this guy, I've never heard anything like it." Or to that effect. Somehow I don't think ol' Les derided his use of feedback in the least. So much for generational distance as a meaningful platform. This brings up something that I've encountered in the UK that I frankly didn't think would happen here, and that is the dominance of the rave/party scene by DJs - to the unfortunate state that some poor ignorants now use the phrase "live act" as a detriment; though I think it's fairly accurate to distinguish sample-only playing and real live instrument playing, I find it sad that some need to draw this line, as if to say that one is music, and the other isn't. It might seem obvious to some that pre-recorded material is "safer" in its reliability and predictable level of expectation than someone playing an instrument - which is what some promoters have voiced to me - despite the fact that all technology has its bad days (or nights). Stephen Goodman http://www.earthlight.net/Gallery.html - Online Cartoons & Illustrations http://www.earthlight.net/Studios * The free Loop of the Week! http://www.mp3.com/StephenGoodman * New MP3 Releases!